Provision-safe.



H. MILLER.

PROVISION SAFE.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.9, 1908.

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HULDA MILLER, OF ROSSMOYNE, OHIO.

PROVISION-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Application filed November 9, 1908. Serial No. 461,666.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, HU'LDA MILLER, a citizen: of the United States, residing at Rossmoyne, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Provision-Safes, of

' which the following is a specification.

teriorly with shelves.

and in the details of construction an My invention relates to provision safes,

and the object is to provide a receptacle for bread or other articles of food in bulk form, along with a container having shelves adapted for the storage of pies or cakes, or other articles of a similar nature.

My invention consists in the combination with a bread boxhaving a lid opening'upwardly, ofa receptacle attached thereto, with a door opening forwardly, and provided inarts arrangement of parts as will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a general perspective view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section of part of the device on a line corresponding to the line z-x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of adjoining parts of the bread box, and the rece tacle secured thereto, better illustrating t e construction of the same.

Constructed as illustrated, the bread box 1 comprises a sheet 2 which forms the front back and one end thereof, and also forms parts 3 and 4 of the other end. The bottom of the bread box is composed of a formed up sheet having a bead 5, this sheet being let into the space inclosed by the lower part of the sheet 2, and the bead 5 coming against the lower edge of the sheet 2. This bottom is fastened into the bread box in any suitable manner, such as by soldering or riveting. The lid 6 of the bread box is composed of a formed up sheet similar to the sheet forming the bottom, and is provided with hinges 7 attaching it to the box at the rear. This lid 6is also providedwith a suitable catch 8 at the front, and has a ventilator 9 provided with a screened opening 10, and a slotted disk 11 for opening or closing it.

The rece tacle 12 comprises a plate 13 bent around to form the sides and the top and bottom of it and has a back composed of a formed u plate which is let into the space inclosed by the rear part of the plate 13, with a bead 14 coming against the rear My invention also consists in the I edges of the plate 13. This back is secured in place in any suitable manner, as is the bottom in the bread box. The receptacle is also provided with a door 15 com osed of a formed up plate which fits into t 1e front of the rece tacle. This door has hinges 16 at each si e by which it is hinged to the receptacle, parts of the hinges 16 being formed' inte ral with the plate 13 which forms the si es and top and bottom of the rece tacle.

T 1e bread box is provided with an interior rim 17 which is secured to the plate 2 adjacent to its top edge. This rim 17 is con tinuous around the four sides of the bread box and consequently passes across the ga between the parts 3 and 4 of the end. I is against the to edge of this rim 17 that the bead of the lid 6 abuts when the lid is closed. The parts 3 and 4 adjacent to their terminal edges are bent so as to form cli s 18 and 19 respectively extendin from t e top of the bottom of the bread ox. The receptacle 12 'is provided with strips 20 and 21 on its side, passing from its top to its bottom, bent so as to form clips adapted to fit into the clips 18 and 19 respectively on the bread box. The lower terminations of the strips 20 and 21 are ada ted to come into contact with the bead 5 at t e bottom of the end of the bread box, whereby further downward movement of said strips is prevented.

Interiorly, the receptacle 12 is provided on each of its sides with a series of strips 22 extending from the front to the rear of the receptacle along its sides, and these strips 22 are adapted to form supports for shelves 23 which, preferably, are composed of wire bent into a series of sinuations, each shelf thus forming a kind of grating across the receptacle. The side of the receptacle opposite to that which is rovided with the strips 20 and 21 is provide with screened ventilating openings 24 and 25 so that there may be a proper circulation of air through the receptacle. The receptacle 12 being smaller than the bread box 1 it may, when detached, be placed inside of the bread box for storage and shipping. When it is desired to use it, 1

. end with the arts 3 and 4 extending around the other on sufiiciently far to form the deness, and the terminal parts 3 an 4 of the plate 2 are made to form the clips for securin the rece tacle 12 to the bread box.

' llavin EJHY described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

As a new and improved article of, manufacture, a provision safe composed of a single the front, back and one end platelformin avin terminal parts forming thereof, and

the parts of the ot er end, a bottom com;

osed of a formed up plate let into the s ace I lnclosed by the lower part of the plate w ich forms the front, back and one end, an interior rim secured to the plate adjacent to erases its u per edge and being continuous around the our sides of the bread box, the terminal parts of the plate which forms the parts of the end being bent to form clips extending from the top to the bottom of the bread box, a receptacle comprising a single sheet bent to form the top, and a back composed of a formed up plate let into the space inclosed by the other part of the plate which forms the top, bottom ottom and sides thereof,-

and sides of the receptacle, strips on each side of the receptacle bent to form clips extending from its top to its bottom and positioned thereon so as to engage within the clips formed by the terminal parts of the late comprised in the bread box, the late orming the bottom of the bread box eing rovided with a bead against which the ower terminations of'the strips of the receptacle are adapted to engage to limit their 1 further downward movement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' HULDA MILLER. Witnesses:

JAMES N. RAMsEY, CLARENCE PERDEN. 

